A Detroit woodworking and millworking company owes a group of union benefit funds about $287,500, the union and the funds' trustees allege in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Michigan federal court, asking the court to compel t...(read more)

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on a deal to resolve a wage and hour class action against Earthgrains Distribution LLC and its sole member, baked goods manufacturer Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. Here's a ...(read more)

The National Labor Relations Board is at work reviewing cases that could alter precedent set during the Biden administration that shifted federal labor law in a more union-friendly direction, the board's chairman said Thur...(read more)

A Washington federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from demanding that state election officials set aside ballots from hundreds of suspected noncitizens, concluding that federal prosecutors likely over...(read more)

The Tenth Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court's preliminary decision that would have granted another year of eligibility to thousands of NCAA athletes, finding that the trial judge erred by defining the relevant marke...(read more)

Port of Savannah workers have asked a Georgia federal court to reject an International Longshoremen's Association local's bid for an early win in their class action alleging it divided a hiring list and funneled jobs to un...(read more)

Fired NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox said Thursday she is concerned that weakened removal protections for National Labor Relations Board members will cause them to do their jobs differently in the face of real or perceived risk...(read more)

The Eleventh Circuit declined to reinstate a lawsuit brought by a former Navy employee alleging she was terminated for reporting a breach of a settlement agreement, saying the Navy's key decision makers were unaware of her...(read more)

Democrats made significant midterm gains in state governments where Republicans held control, a power shift that experts said may result in new state-level laws on paid leave, salary transparency and artificial intelligence.

The Fifth Circuit revived a Black school administrator's suit claiming her boss fired her out of bias after stating he hoped she wasn't the "average angry Black woman," ruling her school district needed to present stronger...(read more)

The Fifth Circuit declined Thursday to undo the dismissal of a community college police officer's bias suit claiming she lost out on additional work for filing sex harassment complaints, backing a trial court's decision to...(read more)

Maynard Nexsen PC said Thursday the firm has added nine labor and employment attorneys from Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP, expanding its presence in New York, New Jersey and Missouri.

The U.S. Department of Justice's new cash rewards program for tips on criminal fraud threatens to ramp up the pressure on companies to hurry internal investigations and quickly report suspected misconduct to the government...(read more)

Harmeet K. Dhillon, a U.S. Department of Justice official who instituted dramatic changes as leader of the Civil Rights Division, has stepped down from her role.

A Southern California glass installation company didn't pay an apprentice for his first two months of work, then paid him a "flat, declining weekly amount that was not tied to the number of hours he actually worked," he sa...(read more)

A remote worker who takes restaurant orders by phone accused her employer and its artificial intelligence parent company in Colorado federal court of denying pay to her and other workers for time they spent starting their ...(read more)

A Virginia federal judge on Thursday allowed hospital workers to pursue their state claims as a class in a suit accusing their employer of rounding away minutes worked before and after their shifts, rejecting the hospital ...(read more)

The U.S. Department of Justice will not be allowed to participate in an upcoming approval hearing for $200 million in wage-fixing settlements that beef and pork plant workers reached with major meat processors, a Colorado ...(read more)

Two cannabis workers claim they were fired after repeatedly warning their employer about mold, electrical and fire hazards at a Los Angeles cultivation site, according to a lawsuit filed in a California state court.  

A residential mental health facility can dispute how much it owes its workers, but it can't argue that it owes them nothing, a North Carolina federal judge said Thursday, setting the ground rules for a Dec. 7 trial after a...(read more)

A Texas-based affiliate of Mission Foods urged a California federal judge to send a former employee's proposed wage class action to individual arbitration, arguing that he repeatedly signed arbitration agreements with the ...(read more)